We’ll
start meeting again next Tuesday, March 13 (and then meet on the second Tuesday
of May, July, September and November). As usual, the meeting will begin at 7 PM, but
bring some dinner and come as early as 6:30 PM.
Group member and author Tamar E. Granor will present a
workshop titled “You Mean I Have to Write About It, Too?”
Abstract: Many software developers would prefer never to
have to write in a natural language; they're much happier with programming
languages. But the ability to communicate in writing is actually an essential
skill for successful software development. Developers need to be able to write
specifications and developer documentation, as well as to clearly ask questions
of their customers and to answer customer questions. In some cases, developers
are responsible for end-user documentation, too.
In this session, we'll see how to produce documents that say
what you need to say in an accessible way, whether you're writing a user manual
or an email. We'll look at all stages of the writing process, from organization
to writing to editing to proofing. Come prepared to write and edit both your
own and that of a peer. Please bring something on which to write and something
to write with.
Bio: Tamar E. Granor, Ph.D., is the owner of Tomorrow's
Solutions, LLC. She has developed and enhanced numerous Visual FoxPro
applications for businesses and other organizations.
Tamar is author or co-author of more than a dozen books
including the award winning Hacker's Guide to Visual FoxPro and Microsoft
Office Automation with Visual FoxPro. Her most recent books are VFPX: Open
Source Treasure for the VFP Developer and Making Sense of Sedna and SP2.
Tamar served as Editor of FoxPro Advisor magazine from 1994
to 2000 and was Technical Editor from 2000 to 2008. She served as co-author of
the popular Advisor Answers column from 1993 to 2008. She has also written for
FoxTalk and CoDe; she currently writes for FoxRockX.
Tamar is one of the organizers of the annual Southwest Fox
conference and founder of the Philadelphia Visual FoxPro User Group. In 2007,
she received the Visual FoxPro Community Lifetime Achievement Award. She
received Microsoft Support's Most Valuable Professional award annually from the
program's inception in 1993 through 2010. Tamar speaks frequently about Visual
FoxPro at conferences and user groups in North America and Europe.
If you have something to present to the group, please
contact Jim Connolly, jconnolly@jtca.com.
